version of the bush administration. we re going to get into that with mollie hemingway and charlie hurt. but for decades we ve seen members of both parties attack at the core of the america-first agenda. i inherited a nation that had a serious loss of credibility around the world as america first. we ve seen nationalism distorted into nativeism. unrestrained nationalism is the last refuge of those who cannot or will not deliver real progress and opportunity for their own people at home. laura: well, that old regime is gone, and i don t think it s ever coming back, certainly not in the republican party. and now we have some new opportunities and candidates with actual back bones. we know donald trump has one. his anti war record is well-documented. and ron desantis, well, we re going to see more about what he believes on all the issues that we care about as his campaign goes forward. but both have pretty much shown us that their desire is to put america first, american
version of the bush administration. we re going to get into that with mollie hemingway and charlie hurt. but for decades we ve seen members of both parties attack at the core of the america-first agenda. i inherited a nation that had a serious loss of credibility around the world as america first. we ve seen nationalism distorted into nativeism. unrestrained nationalism is the last refuge of those who cannot or will not deliver real progress and opportunity for their own people at home. laura: well, that old regime is gone, and i don t think it s ever coming back, certainly not in the republican party. and now we have some new opportunities and candidates with actual back bones. we know donald trump has one. his anti war record is well-documented. and ron desantis, well, we re going to see more about what he believes on all the issues that we care about as his campaign goes forward. but both have pretty much shown us that their desire is to put
highest rate. california is still a symbol but it is a symbol of everything that has gone wrong. trace joins us with the latest from the once golden state. trace? for gavin newsom it s humming along nicely. he says, america in 2019 is california in the 1990s. the scene row phobia,nate tiff. i xenophobia, nativeism. the fear of the other. he said we are working and democrats are inwinnin winning . someone forget to tell him 40% of his people live near poverty and the highest taxes and cost of living isn t giving them a leg up. july 1, they will pay six more
our a-team will join us again to dig in on all of that. in the email that he sent to me the week before he stated that it was because it had roots in white nationalism, racism, nativeism. and i reject that.
we ve seen nationalism distorted into nativeism. forgotten the dynamism immigration has always brought to america. the fading value of trade. we ve seen the return of isolationist sentiments forgetting that american security is directly threatened by the chaos and despair of distant places where threats such as terrorism, infectious disease, criminal gangs and drug trafficking tend to emerge. in all these ways we need to recall and recover our own identity. americans have great advantage to renew our country we only need to remember our values. it s part of the reason we meet here today. how do we begin to encourage a new 21st century american consensus on behalf of democratic freedom and free